AUDITION NOTICE! saturday, september 13, 2008

ACTORS! Readings give great experience! Work with new works and have a chance to participate in the shaping of the play! Get exposure to Bay Area playwrights! Announcing PCSF's general auditions for Staged Readings, Developmental Readings, Scene Nights and our annual fundraiser production, Sheherazade.

The Reading Season begins in October and runs through December or January. Sheherazade rehearsals will begin in December, performances in February.

About our programs

• Staged Readings: Are book in hand, rehearsed, directed, and blocked readings of a complete play. Rehearsals are between 4-10 hours a couple of weeks in advance of the reading. Small stipend is paid.
• Developmental Readings: Are seated book-in-hand unrehearsed readings of a complete play. Scripts are distributed a week or two prior to the reading. Small stipend is paid.
• Scene Nights: Are seated cold-readings of pages from works in progress. Scripts are distributed and roles assigned by the playwrights at the Scene Night. Small stipend is paid.
• Sheherazade: Is a production of between 8-10 8-minute plays about 2008. Small stipend is paid.

The details

• WHEN: 10:00am – 4:00 pm, Saturday, September 13th, 2008
  
• WHERE: 965 Mission between 5th and 6th in San Francisco, Room 212
• WHAT: Actors should bring three headshots and three copies of resume. Be prepared with a 2-minute contemporary monologue (comedic preferred). Bring your calendar and provide black-out dates at the audition.
• HOW: Send an email to Sara Staley at sara@playwrightscentersf.org to get a ten-minute slot for an audition. Please include your top three preferred audition times.
• CALL-BACKS: Directors of the readings will handle call-backs as they feel necessary and individually. Call backs for Sheherazade will be in October.